The beauty of DC's Elseworlds concept, rather than a more traditional What If? or imaginary story, is the variety it opened up. This wasn't a simple small recasting of one event, butterfly effect style, but creators imaginations could go wild and choose different times, places, and even twist the most basic concepts of the character that was starring in the book. And sometimes those stories got a bit... spooky. This week, we're reading three Elseworlds inspired by classic horror. See Batman fight the Elder Gods, create life, and confront the Masque of the... Purple Death?

Batman: The Doom That Came to Gotham #1-3

Batman: Castle of the Bat

Batman: Masque

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